ONCE THERE WAS A KING

POLISH TITLE: BYŁ SOBIE KRÓL

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“Once There Was a King” is an interpretation of a lullaby based on a poem written by Polish poet Janina Porazinska. A boy, living with his parents in a small, wooden house sees planes flying overhead in formation. The planes are passing by silently, harbingers of evil. The plot has two layers. The literal illustration of the lullaby sang by boy's mother becomes interwoven with his life.

A young Polish animator. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Lodz in 2002 and Polish National Film School in 2008. He is the author of short animated films “Passenger” and “Consumatum est”. He also collaborated on such projects as “The Flying Machine” by Martin Clapp, “Peter and the Wolf” by Suzie Templeton and “Switez” by Kamil Polak.